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- India
West Bengal discontinues aid to imams, starts free buses for women
Kolkata: Signalling a sharp policy shift, the West Bengal cabinet on Monday, May 18, decided to discontinue religion-based assistance to imams and others, roll out the ‘Annapurna’ financial support scheme for women…
- Telangana
BJP MP compares Revanth Reddy to Suvendu Adhikari, who switched from Congress
Hyderabad: Nizamabad Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arvind Dharmapuri on Monday, May 18, distanced himself from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s widely discussed “mere se jodo” remark directed at Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy,…
- India
Suvendu Adhikari meets senior police officers over Park Circus violence
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, May 18, met senior officers of Kolkata Police’s South East Division to review the law and order situation, a day after violence broke…
- India
Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari holds first ‘janata darbar’ after becoming CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, May 18, held his first ‘janata darbar’ after assuming office, hearing people’s demands and grievances at a BJP office here. Adhikari, who took…
- India
West Bengal MLAs’ oath ceremony witnesses puja and grand fish meal
Kolkata: The inaugural day of the oath-taking ceremony of the new West Bengal MLAs on Wednesday, May 13, was marked by a series of unprecedented events, including a puja within the Assembly…
- India
Suvendu Adhikari PA’s death case: 3 sharpshooters arrested in UP
Kolkata: Three persons were arrested from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the killing of Chandranath Rath, an aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, police said on Monday, May 11. The…
- India
Bengal Muslims weigh first BJP govt amid caution, pragmatism
Kolkata: As dusk settled over Metiabruz in southwest Kolkata on Saturday May 9, television screens inside crowded restaurants replayed visuals of Suvendu Adhikari taking oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister,…
- Kolkata
TMC faces existential crisis after BJP’s Bengal breakthrough
Kolkata: On a humid Saturday evening, barely hours after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister at the Brigade Parade Grounds, the mood at several TMC offices across…
- Kolkata
BJP supporters flood Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds for CM oath ceremony
Kolkata: Jubilant scenes unfolded at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata on Saturday, May 9, as thousands gathered for the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal’s first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, with…
- India
Suvendu takes oath as first BJP CM of West Bengal, 5 other MLAs sworn in
Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five ministers were sworn in at the Brigade Parade Grounds here on Saturday as West Bengal got its first BJP government, with representatives from the northern…
- India
Suvendu Adhikari to take oath as West Bengal’s first BJP CM today
New Delhi: Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in on Saturday, May 9, as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister at a ceremony to be held at Brigade Parade Ground. Prime…
- Politics
Who is Suvendu Adhikari, set to become Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister
Kolkata: Having served as the Leader of Opposition and the Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari is all set to swear in as the…
- Kolkata
BJP MLAs meet to elect new West Bengal CM, Suvendu Adhikari to grab spot
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party is scheduled to meet in Kolkata on Friday, May 8, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to formally elect its leader,…
- India
I heard groans, then gunshots: BJP MLA recounts final call with Suvendu aide
Kolkata: BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh on Thursday claimed he heard gunshots during a phone conversation with Chandranath Rath, a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari, moments before the latter was shot dead near…
- India
WB: Suvendu Adhikari’s aide shot dead; collapse of law and order, says BJP
Kolkata: West Bengal’s post-poll tension took a bloody turn on Wednesday night, May 6, after Chandranath Rath, a close aide of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead in…